Upon the arrest of a representative, it is mandatory to inform the respective Legislative House, enabling it to deliberate on whether to uphold or revoke the order.
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): The murder of a police officer, allegedly by his own commanding officer, the head of the National Police’s internal affairs department (Propam), has taken on a political bent, following a House of Representatives meeting on Monday (Aug 22) that saw a senior minister branded too indiscreet in regard to the case and a call for the police chief to be suspended.
Brazil s Lower House Wednesday stripped Representative Flordelis dos, Santos de Souza of her parliamentary immunity, almost a year after the prosecution filed charges against her for having her husband murdered.